Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
Local News.

on new insane asylum.
Calvert Spensley attended meeting
of the state fish commissioners, held al
Madison on Tuesday last.
Mrs. T. w. Lewis and daughters
Meta and Lucy, and little grandson
are visiting friends in this city.
VIM. Maloney is repairing and en-
larging his dwelling house in the south
part of the city.
The exercises on Decoration day,
May 30, will be held in Oates grove,
which is good and convenient location.
Frank II. James started for Omaha,
Nebraska, on Monday morning. He
intends to go to Wyoming, where he
may locate.
Calvert Spensley and Chas. w. Nell
hon are fencing a large portion of
what is known as the Mineral Point
hill, for a pasture lot.
Rev. Father Vahey, who is an ell
Oquent orator, has been engaged to
deliver the address il this city on
Decoration day.
Thomas Murphy is fencing and
otherwise improving his place in Twins
which he recently purchased
from Mrs. Osborne.
Capt. Ferg, of Lancaster, was one
of the lucky four out of twelve hun
dren applicants, and has been appoint
ed game warden for this section of the
state.
There should be general attendance
at the hall of George II. Legate Post,
G.. A. r., ON Friday evening to make
for observing Decoration
day.
Department Commander Griffin will
soon issue an order calling upon Grand
Army Posts to contribute toward the
establishment of a Wisconsin soldiers
home.
A new hardwood floor has been laid
in the office of the u. 5, Hotel, and the
whole building handsomely painted.
The frescoing will be done by John
of Milwaukee.
Extensive improvements are to be
made on st. Paul's 0rish) Catholic
church building in this city. The walls
and ceiling will be handsomely frescoed,
and a furnace placed in the basement.
The members of George H. Legate
Post, G. \. r., will attend divine ser
vice at the NJ. f. church on Monday
morning, May %. The pastor, Rev.
A. NJ. Pitcher, will preach a sermon
to the occasion.
The body of William Deyoe, of
Mason City, Iowa, was found in the
Wisconsin river near Lone Rock. He
had been visiting in Juneau county,
and is supposed to have committed
suicide while temporarily insane.
The Brodhead Independent says, it
is reported in Rockford paper, that
another surveying party is working
from that city northward, and it is
thought they are working in the in
terests of the c. NJ. & st. p.
The House of Representatives will
be described by Z. l.. White in The
American Magazine for June, with
portraits and sketches of prominent
congressman, under the heading of
The Nations Lawmakers"
The annual picnic of the Willow
Springs p. NJ. Sunday School will be
held on Thursday, June >, Every
effort will be put forth to make the
occasion a pleasant one. Everybody
is invited and all are expected tC
attend.
1t is reported that agents are quietly
working to secure right of way from
Rockford through Brodhead for com
pany supposed to be the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy. The necessar,
lands to and through Brodhead art
already under control.
Ernest IngersoH in the June number
of The American Magazine will de
scribe the Last Remnant of Frontier
"a portion of our country near tn,
northwestern boundary, which was Ar
unsettled and almost UNEMPLOYED viii
derness until penetrated by the North
ern Pacific Railroad.
In another column of The Democra
Mayor Cothren has word to say t.
the saloon keepers of Mineral Poin
In regard to the Sunday closing o
saloons. There is strong public sen
timent in favor of the enforcement O
the law in this regard, and the warn
ing of the mayor should be needed.
Work has been commenced on tn,
new insane asylum for aCrosse county
which will be built at West Salem. I
Will be about the size of the low,
county asylum. The plans and spec
ifications are the work of John Charles
of Mineral Point, who has been EN-
ployed as supervising architect. I
the people of Lacrosse county do a
well as the people of Iowa count
have done in the matter of construc,